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Three new SC judges to be sworn-in Friday, apex court to regain full working strength

The apex court collegium headed by the CJI had on May 26 recommended the appointment of Justices Anjaria, Bishnoi and Chandurkar as judges of the top court.

21 judges make details of assets public as part of SC’s transparency push. Flats, FDs to gold & shares

Declaration is part of a resolution unanimously approved by all the sitting SC judges following a row after the alleged discovery of cash at residence of judge Yashwant Varma.

Amid Yashwant Varma controversy, Supreme Court judges resolve to make their assets public

Move a departure from current practice under which judges make disclosure of assets to Chief Justice of India, and may volunteer to make them public.

SC collegium to transfer Justice Yashwant Varma after ‘cash found’ at his home, stricter action likely

Cash was reported to have been found at Justice Yashwant Varma's official bungalow by team of police & firefighters after a fire broke out there. Judge to be sent back to Allahabad HC.

Supreme Court’s ‘summer vacation’ renamed ‘partial working days’ amid criticism over breaks

New Delhi: Amid ongoing debate about courts taking a long “summer vacation”, the Supreme Court has replaced the term with “partial court working days”...

More women judges a constitutional imperative for better justice, says Justice Nagarathna

The Supreme Court judge, who will become India’s first woman Chief Justice in 2027, delivered the Justice Sunanda Bhandare memorial lecture Friday.

Chief justices use their ‘master of roster’ powers to ‘influence outcomes’ of key cases, says new book

Professors from NLSIU, Seattle University School of Law & University of Chicago Law School say in cases they studied, chief justices assigned 88% Constitution bench cases to themselves.

100 seconds to a decision — trust in senior advocates replaces hard facts, legal details

In ‘Court on Trial’, Aparna Chandra, Sital Kalantry & William HJ Hubbard analyses the Supreme Court using original empirical data and provide suggestions to improve its efficiency.

CJI administers oath of office to two new SC judges–Justice Mishra, senior advocate Viswanathan

With the swearing-in of Justice Mishra and Justice Viswanathan, the number of judges in the Supreme Court reached its sanctioned strength of 34.

On Camera

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.